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Games like Time Walker: Dark World

If Time Walker: Dark World is your kind of game, the closest matches are Frontactics, The Dungeon Beneath and Hadean Tactics — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its endless mode offers replayability, challenging and contemplative. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Time Walker: Dark World: Time Walker Dark World is a roguelike auto-battler with strategic combat. Players will need to adjust their formations, plan their resources, acquire loot, and upgrade skills to defeat formidable enemies and vicious bosses.

2023StrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Heartfun
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Players who liked Time Walker: Dark World also play

Steam players who put hours into Time Walker: Dark World also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Frontactics

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Time Walker: Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Frontactics is a strategic roguelike auto battler about building your own tactical squad. Recruit units, win battles, and earn resources! Awaken units into new roles each run, combine diverse synergies, and lead your squad against stronger foes.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  2. The Dungeon Beneath

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Second-strongest match for Time Walker: Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.

    2020StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Hadean Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Third-strongest match for Time Walker: Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

    2023StrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Refactor

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Ranked #4 for Time Walker: Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Refactor is a hard-core tower defense game that combines modular building, route planning, and element composition.

    2022Strategy0.74 USDSteam ↗
  5. Vivid Knight

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Ranked #5 for Time Walker: Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Time Walker: Dark World.

    "Vivid Knight" is a "party-building roguelike" game in which you collect friends who have been turned into jewels and fight by combining their abilities! Explore the ever-changing dungeon and harness the gems you have gathered to challenge the labyrinth!

    2021StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Legend Creatures(传奇生物)

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Ranked #6 for Time Walker: Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Legendary creature is an independent game with rich playing methods such as roguelike + self-propelled chess + strategy. You can collect all kinds of magic creatures with various talents and skills, and can also evolve to a higher level.

    2020StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Popup Dungeon

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Ranked #7 for Time Walker: Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    A tactical roguelike RPG inspired by our favorite tabletop games that lets you create any ability, item, villain, hero, and game imaginable.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Wildermyth

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Time Walker: Dark World fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Time Walker: Dark World at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Time Walker: Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Time Walker: Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Time Walker: Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Time Walker: Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Time Walker: Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Time Walker: Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Time Walker: Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Time Walker: Dark World on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  5. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. The Dungeon Beneath

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    The Dungeon Beneath is a tactical rogue-like autobattler. Gather your party and descend into the dungeon, battling your way through room after room of nefarious enemies. Collect powerful artifacts and equipment to create an endless variety of strategies.

    2020StrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Hadean Tactics

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!

    2023StrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Wildermyth

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with Time Walker: Dark World.

    Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Time Walker: Dark World

Does Time Walker: Dark World run on Steam Deck?
Time Walker: Dark World is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Time Walker: Dark World cost?
Time Walker: Dark World is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Time Walker: Dark World?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Time Walker: Dark World are Frontactics, The Dungeon Beneath, Hadean Tactics.
Who developed Time Walker: Dark World?
Time Walker: Dark World was developed by Heartfun and published by Leyo Games, 2P Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Time Walker: Dark World.

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